Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

This Supermassive Black Hole May Harbor a Bizarre Star That Refuses to Die

Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole

Phys.org on MSN · 5h

Astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes, enormous amounts of energy are released, making active galactic nuclei, or AGN,

SciTech Daily · 8h

Revolutionary Telescope Captures Sharpest View Ever of a Supermassive Black Hole in Action

Astronomers have captured the most detailed infrared images yet of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer. This breakthrough enables unprecedented insight into the energetic phenomena surrounding supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies,

Science Daily · 16h

Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time

In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023. At that time,

Intrepid white dwarf has a close encounter with a massive black hole

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...

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Cosmic Mystery Ensues as Supermassive Black Hole Emits Odd X-ray Pulses Unlike Anything Previously Seen

A distant supermassive black hole, the mysterious 1ES 1927+654, emits X-ray pulses unlike anything previously recorded, which ...

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Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

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Artist's concept of white dwarf being stripped of matter (IMAGE)

In this artist’s concept, matter is stripped from a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. Astronomers ...

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Astronomers observe X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole that accelerate mysteriously

One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise ...

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NASA Research To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting

From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA ...

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LISA - Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (IMAGE)

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